Me, My Shelf and I: Mare Swallow

Mare Swallow

Abel Uribe, Tribune

Mare Swallow, executive director of the Chicago Writers Conference, sits in the living room of the Andersonville apartment she shares with her husband. "I like prescriptive nonfiction," she says of her reading preferences. "Also, I'm writing a prescriptive book, so it helps to read (in the genre)."

Mare Swallow, executive director of the Chicago Writers Conference, sits in the living room of the Andersonville apartment she shares with her husband. "I like prescriptive nonfiction," she says of her reading preferences. "Also, I'm writing a prescriptive book, so it helps to read (in the genre)."